August 2011

There
is much written on how to improve your house, the advice includes how to
renovate and which rooms return the most on your investment. But there are things you can do without
hiring contractors and pulling permits.

For
the most impact, start outside. The
property will never sell if people won’t stop to consider it. Curb appeal is one of the most powerful
factors in attracting buyers.

The
convenience of the Internet can allow people to see the interior and the photos
you have added on the property. The can
troll through virtual tours and compare square footage and number of bathrooms
in the comfort of their home. But the
actual visit can be easily stopped with an overgrown yard or neglected
landscape.

Does where
you live affect how long you live?
Researchers indicate there are many factors that affect health, but
location is a prime factor. There are
lists of best places to live that include multiple factors but significant in
the method is the location. Vancouver
seems to climb to the top of the lists both for Canada and the world. It is in the top 5 healthiest cities list for
both Canada (Prevention, Canada) and the world (MSN Real Estate).

Vancouver is
the largest city in British Columbia and the third largest city in Canada. While it ranks as one of the most expensive
cities to live in Canada; it seems to also benefit the residents in terms of
healthy, wealthy and wise.

There are
many reasons to call Vancouver home. The
spectacular natural beauty of the area, the proximity to other big cities and
the progressive nature of the city are only a few of the reasons to love
Vancouver. But for the celebrity seeker,
the film industry in Vancouver is a compelling reason to relocate to this gem
city in British Columbia.

So
if you are not up-to-date on the film industry in Vancouver you may be thinking
this is the home of some quirky little documentary or low budget indie film;
couldn’t be further from the future.
Blockbusters have found a home in Vancouver, and the supporting film
technology industry has made it especially appealing for special effects,
animation and high tech film production.
So for both the small and

The British
Columbia Real Estate Association forecasts nearly 78,000 real estate
transactions will take place in 2011. Each transaction should utilize the home
inspection process. For sellers, this is
often seen as a leverage tool for the buyer to try to obtain credits for
identified problems. But there is
evidence that the home inspection can be more beneficial for the seller than
the buyer.

In the case
where the buyer has fallen in love with the property, has been approved for
funding contingent upon the inspection; the devastation of a poor finding can
drive the buyers to a new location or they will use the finding to drive the
price into the ground recouping credits for the necessary repairs or
improvements.

The
value of property is determined in a number of formulations, there is the
assessed value or tax value; the comparable value or the value of the property
compared to recent sales in the area of comparable properties; but there is also
market value which can be dependent upon other factors such as confidence in
the location, employment trends and other environmental factors.

In
Vancouver, unemployment runs well below the national average. Thriving, and stable job markets have been a
strong factor in the pricing levels of Vancouver property remaining high, even
in challenging economic conditions.

One
of the major employers in Vancouver is the government. It is standard in Canada that 1 in 10
employees in the city work for the